Industrial Emergency Response Refresher-WMD Modules

COURSE DESCRIPTION

TARGET POPULATION:

Persons who require annual refresher training to update previous industrial emergency response training. Members of an emergency response team which may have torespond to an incident involving hazardous materials at an industrial facility.

OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Risks of hazardous materials.

Possible outcomes of an emergency.

Ways to recognize hazardous matls.

Your role as an operations-level responder.

The need for other resources.

Basic hazard and risk assessment techniques.

Selecting and using proper protective equipment provided.

Basic hazardous materials terms.

Basic control , containment, and confinement procedures.

Basic decontamination procedures.

Standard operating procedures and incident termination.

Size up a scene.

Work within the system set up for response actions.

Use protective equipment.

Perform certain basic response actions.

WMD OBJECTIVES:

Recognize hazards and terms associated with exposures to Sarin, Anthrax, and dirty bombs.

Use resources available to research hazards associated with other potential agents of terrorist attacks.

Identify the relationship between the Incident Management System (IMS) and Unified Command (DC).

Assist in the decontamination of patients contaminated by WMD.

Understand the different types of stressful events and the nature of the stress response .

Acquire skills to assist in the management of stress.

Understand the role of leadership and teamwork in managing the stress of response to a WMD event.

Understand that a WMD event is a potential cnme scene.

HAZARD RECOGNITION-MAJOR CONTENTS

Introduction

Chemical Agents

Biological Agents

Radiological Agents

UNIFIED COMMAND-MAJOR CONTENTS

Functional Areas of the IMS

Command Staff

Coordination of Effort

Activity: Multiple Agency Response

Purpose of Unified Command

When a Unified Command Should Be Used

Who Should Participate in a Unified Command

Making Decisions in a Unified Command

Activity: Assigning a Lead Agency

Elements of an Effective Unified Command

Activity: Implementing Unified Command

FIELD DECON-MAJOR CONTENTS

Sizing Up a Scene

Types of WMD (CBRNE) and Signs /Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms of Exposure

Zones

Terminating the Incident

CRIME SCENE INTEGRITY-MAJOR CONTENTS

What is a Crime Scene?

Guard Against Secondary Casualties

Size up the Incident

Cooperate with Agencies

Isolate the Scene

Manage Responders

Secure the Scene to Protect Evidence

Manage the Media

Control and Document Access

Tenninate the Response

Create Evidence-preserving Pathways

Control the Spread of Contaminants

Activity : What’s Wrong with this Picture?

STRESS MANAGEMEN T AWARENESS-MAJOR CONTENTS

Activity: Defining Stress

Activity: Breathing Exercise

Sources of Critical Incident Stress

Activity: Case Examples of Stress Reactions

Organizational Factors

Activity: Team Response to Stress

Activity: WMD Team Attitudes

Activity: Next Steps

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